episode

Definitions of episode in various dictionaries:

noun - a happening that is distinctive in a series of related events

noun - a brief section of a literary or dramatic work that forms part of a connected series

noun - a part of a broadcast serial

noun - film consisting of a succession of related shots that develop a given subject in a movie

An incident or event that is part of a progression or a larger sequence: “South Africa may remain one of history’s most tragic episodes” (Bayard Rustin).

One of a series of related events in the course of a continuous account.

A portion of a narrative that relates an event or a series of connected events and forms a coherent story in itself; an incident: an episode in a picaresque novel.

A separate part of a serialized work, such as a novel or play.

A section of a classic Greek tragedy that occurs between two choric songs.

A passage between statements of a main subject or theme, as in a rondo or fugue.

adj - an incident in the course of a continuous experience [n -S] : EPISODIC

EPISODE - An episode is a coherent narrative unit within a larger dramatic work, such as a film or television series. The word derives from the Greek term (Anc...